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I am currently on my third copy of a particular lens; one of the Sigma ‘Art’ series. Incredible build on this lens coupled with all-round solid performance across the entire zoom range. Remarkably, the lens is able to stop down to f1.8 (despite being a zoom). You can appreciate the criticality of this under low-light conditions...
Have you ever climbed on a scale only to freak out on seeing your weight? “Surely, this can’t be me. I couldn’t possibly have piled on 10 pounds in 3 days!!!” Ordinarily, it would seem like a perfectly normal workflow to just hop on the scale and get readings off. But, now, in the face of the...
[Disclaimer: Image above is in no way a reference to depicted clients’ conduct. Any inference is purely incidental] If you’ve ever handled anything remotely close to a business, then you already know the golden rule: ‘The Customer is King’. That’s the beginning, centre point and closing chapter of business as we’ve come to know it. There’s...
It’s easy for the pro shooter to get so caught up in the artistry of photography that (s)he forgets that it’s essentially still a business. While creativity is a critical ingredient for both hobbyist and the pro shooter, impetus flows rather differently in both cases. Perfectly acceptable for the hobbyist to shoot what and when they want....
When two elephants fight, the grass suffers. In the world of angels and demons, we as humans are grass. Fair game. The other night, I was up in a dark room shooting what I had been told was a ‘birthday party’. Turns out it was actually a costume birthday party. Here’s one of those rare cases...
Though I comfortably straddle a few genres today, I’m always happy to declare that (photographing) music was my early love. That’s was where I ‘cut my teeth‘ in photography. I used to have to cover (portions of) the stage at concerts in the early days; almost like being part of the performance itself. The adrenaline was next to nothing...
You might get by with little motion doing portraits in the cozy confines of a studio. Make no mistakes, photographing an event is a different kind of beast altogether. It will stress you in more ways than one – and moving about is just one aspect. Events photographing will push your limits – mental and...
They say the devil’s in the detail. So it helps keep it in view. And, if you need another reason, make it the fact that they’re simply amazing. Detail shots are an easy way to give prominence to things that could easily be overlooked; talk of making mountains of molehills. The instinctive thing is for everyone else to see...
The last post touched on the power of anticipation; how it helps a lot to know what’s coming. But, one can’t always know! And even when we do, it’s can be really hard to get it perfectly right at once. Quite often, we have to ‘fuss about’ a bit until it’s right. So, today, I introduce the idea of insistence. Let me...
Depending on who you ask, you may find as many kinds of pictures as there are humans. Much of my work, however, revolves around two: the organic (beautiful and rare moments that could pass in a breath) and the scripted (pictures that are actually planned and posed for). You’d encounter countless ‘organic’ moments while shooting any event. The teardrop striding...